The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown